Event - GLOW, the festival of lights (Eindhoven)
Normally I don't post much about the dayjob.. eventhough it's hardly only by day.. For this Sony video we dove into the night.. again. The 2nd time this week.. and it's only Wednesday.
"The new A7CII camera is perfect for streetphotography", Sony marketing said. So I invited someone with contagious enthousiasm, a very extravert style of streetphotography and an allround nice guy to GLOW, the festival of lights in Eindhoven.
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We got lucky with the weather: it was the only dry evening of the week and by 9PM the terraces of the bars were so full you would think it was a Saturday evening in Summer instead of a November Wednesday.
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With a filmcrew following his every move, it was not very easy to stealthily photograph people, so streetphotographer Brendan de Clercq changed his modus operandi and started using the contact he made with the people for street portraits instead of candid sniper portraits.
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Quickly things got out of hand and entire bars were dancing on the tables to please the cameras.. and Brendan was going places where the public wasn't supposed to be.. Needless to say it was a fun evening and we got some crazy footage. Even the dayjob should have some fun moments, right?
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Since Arno (A-cam) & I (B-cam) were both filming, most of my shots are video screencaps (made in-camera!).. except when they're not because nobody can stop me from taking a still.
I usually don't do humans on the street, so it was pretty far outside of my comfort zone.. until it started feeling like working on a festival again.. ho-wait: it was a festival!
Brendan used the A7CII. We shot with the FX6, the ZV-E1 and even with the A7CR.
And yes, I should really get into making some menu videos about all those new cameras for my Sony tech Youtube channel. Alas there are only 168 hours in a week.
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GLOW as an event was really impressive. But hey: I'm a geek for lights & fire! Next year I'll be back with some real focus on the event instead of just trying to get all those crazy interactions on film.
You can find all my 88 stills & screencaps on Flickr
The video will be broadcasted in January 2024.
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A link to this article: https://tinyurl.com/2023glow
Namaste
